Four inmates charged with trying to kill inmate after court appearance

Attack occurred at Nashville's Hill Detention Center

6:00 AM,
Sep. 26, 2013

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Four inmates at a Nashville jail were charged with trying to kill another inmate last week after he returned to his cell from a court appearance.

Two of the suspects on Sept. 18 tried to strangle Keydarius Simmons, 20, after he had testified in a hearing, according to court records. The others allegedly stood near the cell door during the attack.

Simmons later told an officer the men told him, "This is what happens to snitches." ...